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Cerner wins Wirral system replacement contract

US health systems specialists, Cerner Corporation, have been named as the preferred supplier to replace the ageing clinical IT system
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National patient safety database delivers first results

The National Patient Safety Agency has published its first report on patient safety incidents across the NHS in England and
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Choose and Book work agreed with McKesson

Health IT specialist, McKesson has signed a framework agreement with NHS Connecting for Health for upgrade work to enable trusts using the
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Bradford gets UK’s first iSOFT pharmacy solution

Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has become the first implementation of iSOFT’s i.Pharmacy software in the UK, a move that
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N3 problems may hinder PACS use

  Problems with the new NHS broadband links, known as N3, have left some NHS hospitals with computer connections speeds
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Choose and Book adopters to get tech support

The Department of Health is set to launch a high level technical help scheme to support local Choose and Book
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UCLH makes switch to Carecast

University College London Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first in the country to go live with the new electronic
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Beating the bug

Yvonne Peel of CHKS makes the case for better collection of information about hospital acquired infections such as MRSA.
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Crunch time

How will the general election affect NHS IT? E-Health Insider takes a comprehensive look at what each party has to
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Delivery delays mount across the national programme

NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) has confirmed that there are delays in implementing the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in
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